The Rivers Restaurant and Bar in Gisborne Menu

STARTERS & SNACKS STARTERS & SNACKS
  • Garlic Toasted Ciabatta $6.00
  • Garlic & Cheese Toasted Ciabatta $7.00 add Bacon $8.00
  • Bread Basket (2-3 people) $13.00
    • Selection of bread, served warm with parsley butter, virgin olive oil and balsamic reduction.
  • Cobb Loaf (1-3 people) $15.00
    • Remember the 70’s . . . creamy bacon, spinach and cheese dip inside a warm cobb loaf.
  • Bowl of Fries $7.00
    • With aioli & tomato sauce.
  • Bowl of Kumara Chips $7.00
    • Served with aioli & garlic butter.
  • Drunken Onion Rings (6 rings / 12 rings) $6.00 / $12.00
    • With our special crisp Guinness batter, served with aioli.
  • Wedges $8.50
    • Seasoned and served with sour cream.
  • Wedges Works $13.50 half size $9.00
    • Served with tasty plum sauce, melted cheese, bacon, guacamole, salsa & sour cream.
  • Nachos $13.50 half size $10.50
    • Served with our own Mexican mince, melted cheese, guacamole, salsa & sour cream.
  • The Rivers “Crate” (2-3 people) $26.00
    • The perfect snack with your favourite drink. 6 each of the following: Drunken onion rings, popcorn shrimp, panko crumbed fish goujons, 100% meatballs. Served with a selection of dipping sauces.
  • Prawn Cocktail $13.00
    • Large tiger prawns on shredded lettuce with our own special dressing.
  • Pub Wings (8 wings / 12 wings) $10.50 / $16.00
    • Tasty glazed buffalo wings served with blue cheese and ranch dip.
SOUP, BURGERS & SANDWICHES SOUP, BURGERS & SANDWICHES
  • Rivers Seafood Chowder $16.00
    • Thick, and filled with coastal seafood served with garlic ciabatta.
  • Soup of the day $11.00
    • Served with garlic ciabatta. Please see Specials Board for today’s brew.
  • The Rivers Burger $15.50
    • Prime beef patty, bacon, cheese & salad greens, served on freshly toasted bun served with chunky fries.
  • Rivers Steak Sandwich $15.50
    • Generous portion of prime scotch fillet caught between our freshly toasted ciabatta, garden salad, caramelised onion, tasty dressing served with chunky fries.
  • Rivers Chicken Sandwich $15.50
    • Generous portion tender chicken breast caught between our freshly toasted ciabatta, garden salad, guacamole, tasty dressing served with chunky fries.
  • R.B.L.A.T. $15.50
    • Rivers bacon, lettuce, avocado & tomato, on toasted ciabatta, salad & aioli and guacamole.
LIGHT MEALS LIGHT MEALS
  • Rivers Homemade Quiche $15.00
    • Served with salad and fries (check Specials Board for today’s bake).
  • Minute Steak $18.00
    • Served with your choice of 2 of the following sides: Chunky fries / Mash / Garden salad / Fresh sautéed vegetables. Top it off with your choice of: Garlic butter / Pepper / Mushroom sauce
  • Vegetarian Fritters $13.00
    • Mixture of fresh vegetables bound together into patties, and served on a fresh salad.
  • Fresh Button Mushrooms $13.00
    • Crumbed and baked, served on a garden salad drizzled with aioli.
SALADS SALADS
  • Prawn Salad $20.00
    • Large shelled tiger prawns nestled with avocado, garden salad and our special dressing.
  • Chicken Caesar Salad $18.00
    • Sliced chicken breast served on lettuce, parmesan shavings & boiled eggs.
  • Greek Salad $14.00
    • Iceberg Lettuce, feta cheese, kalamata olives, red onions, tomatoes, cucumbers with our balsamic vinaigrette.
  • Warm Chicken & Bacon Salad $20.00
    • Chicken breast, bacon, spinach and apple settled on a garden salad with aioli.
  • Warm Scallop, Prawn & Bacon Salad $20.00
    • Seared scallops and prawns seared with bacon settled on fresh garden salad topped with aioli.
  • Warm Beef, Blue Cheese and Walnut Salad $20.00
    • Seared beef tossed through a crisp salad with blue cheese, walnuts and roasted beetroot.
FRESH MARKET FISH FRESH MARKET FISH
  • Fresh Market Fish $28.00
    • Check what today’s catch is . . . and have it: Pan Fried / Crumbed / Beer Battered. Served with your choice of two sides: Chunky Fries / Garden Salad / Scallop Potato / Sautéed Vegetables / Creamy Mash Potato. Check the Specials Board for today’s special catch.
MAINS MAINS
  • Rivers Famous, Guinness Pie $17.00
    • Served with creamy mash potato . . . peas and gravy, what can you say.
  • Rivers Mixed Grill $22.00
    • Minute steak, jumbo sausage, bacon, hash brown, 2 eggs, grilled tomato topped with mushrooms and onions.
  • Garlic King Prawns $24.00
    • A Rivers special . . . king prawns gently sautéed in a creamy garlic sauce with rice.
  • Rivers Pasta $18.00
    • Chicken, bacon and mushrooms combined in a creamy white wine sauce with parmesan cheese.
  • Chicken Calypso $20.00
    • Tender chicken breast coated in golden crumbs, baked, topped with a tangy mango sauce, fries and salad.
  • Bangers & Mash $17.00
    • Chunky sausages on creamy mash, peas and onion gravy.
  • Lamb Rump $30.00
    • Baked honey glazed lamb rump served on kumara mash with garden vegetables and a port and red currant reduction.
PRIME STEAK PRIME STEAK
  • Scotch Fillet $28.00
    • Served with your choice of two sides: Chunky Fries / Scalloped Potato / Garden Salad / Fresh Sautéed Vegetables / Creamy Mash. Top it off with your choice of: Mushroom Sauce / Garlic Butter / Green Pepper Sauce (sauces available with all steaks)
  • 450 gram T-Bone $33.00
    • Served with sautéed mushrooms and onions, chunky fries and a garden salad.
  • Surf ‘n’ Turf $33.00
    • Oldie but a Goodie, scotch fillet steak topped with our creamy garlic prawns served with a garden salad & fries.
  • Sizzling 400g Sirloin $33.00
    • Bought to you on a sizzling platter, topped with Guinness battered onion rings, served with salad and fries and a tub of garlic butter.
SOMETHING A LITTLE EXTRA SOMETHING A LITTLE EXTRA
  • Drunken Onion Rings (6) $6.00
  • Side of Chips $4.00
  • Chunky Fries $3.50
  • Wedges & Sour Cream $4.50
  • Fried Egg $1.50
  • Sautéed Veges $5.00
  • Sautéed Mushrooms $5.50
  • Garden Salad $4.50
  • Scallop Potato $4.50
  • Creamy Mash Potato $4.00
  • Sour Cream, Guacamole, Aioli, Tomato Sauce $1.50
PLATTERS PLATTERS
  • Deep Fried Goodness Platter $20.00
    • Wontons, spring rolls, samosas, chicken tenders, meatballs, served up with crispy wedges and dipping sauces.
  • Seafood Platter $22.00
    • Deep fried selection of fresh fish goujons, battered mussels, crab sticks, squid rings, prawn cutlets, scallops and salt ‘n’ pepper squid, served up with chunky fries and dipping sauces.
  • The Rivers Platter (2 people) $36.00
    • Seared chorizo sausage, deli meats, chicken kebabs, local cheeses, crumbed mushrooms, olives, pickles, relish, crackers, and selection of bread.
  • The Delight $40.00
    • A selection of hot and cold seafood: Panko crumbed fish goujons, whole tiger prawns, smoked salmon, marinated fish, mussels, scallop and prawn, kebabs, baked salmon fillet, clams (due to availability some items may change).
  • Rivers Cheese Board $20.00
    • Fragrant blue cheese, reserve camembert, aged cheddar, served with fresh fruit and crackers.
FOR THE CHILDREN FOR THE CHILDREN
  • Rivers Crumbed Chicken Tenders $10.00
    • With fries and small salad.
  • Fresh Fish Crumbed Goujons $10.00
    • With fries and small salad.
  • Lil One’s Hamburger $10.00
    • Bun, cheese, pattie and sauce served with fries.
  • Bang Bang Mash & Peas $10.00
    • Chunky sausage with tomato sauce.
  • Kid’s Pasta $10.00
    • Bacon, chicken and cheese with a creamy base.
  • Rivers Mini Hawaiian Pizza $10.00
    • Served with salad & fries.
  • Mini Hotdogs with chips $10.00
  • Kids Platter (2-3 children) $23.00
    • Garlic bread, chicken tenders, mini hotdogs, crumbed fish, mini pizza, wedges, chips and lashings of sauce.
  • Milkshakes $5.50
    • Chocolate, Vanilla, Banana or Strawberry.
  • Spiders $5.50
    • Coke, Raspberry or Lemonade.
  • Traffic Lights $5.50
    • Orange juice with lemonade base.

Nearby Sample Menus

  • Butter naan $4.00
    • Naan stuffed with butter
  • ●tandoori chicken
  • -half $12.90
  • Karaihi beef masal $16.90
    • Beef cooked in a wok with a spicy blend of masala
  • Papad $1.00
  • Chicken tikka masala $16.90
    • Succulent Tandoori chicken morsels cooked in a spicy gravy with green peppers
  • Bhunna chicken $19.90
    • Chicken breast cooked in a special blend of spices and finished in cashew nut & yoghurt gravy
  • Chicken naan $4.00
    • Naan stuffed with tandoori cooked chicken
  • -Six $19
  • Judge Roy Bean Dip (GFO) (V) $11
    • Spicy red kidney beans, cheddar cheese, sundried tomatoes and jalapeños. Blended and served hot with sour cream and oven-baked flour tortilla chips.
  • Buenos Nachos Gf V $19
    • Roasted seasonal vegetables with spicy bean mix on crispy corn chips with grilled cheese. Topped with salsa, sour cream and jalapeños.
  • Road Runner Special $12,5
    • Tender strips of chicken breast coated in seasoned breadcrumbs, cooked golden brown. Beep-beep, be in quick before they run out.
  • Gerhard Burger $25
    • NZ grass-fed Wagyu beef pattie, onion jam, swiss cheese, free-range egg, tomato, red onion, lettuce and aioli in an artisan sourdough bun. Served with straight-cut chips...the Ferrari of burgers, perfect with a Steinlager.
  • Judge Roy Bean Dip V $11
    • Spicy red kidney beans, cheddar cheese, sundried tomatoes and jalapefios. Blended and served hot with sour cream and oven-baked flour tortilla chips.
  • A Fist Full Of Pizza (Quesadilla)Tm (V) $18
    • Two flour tortillas encasing your choice of spicy chicken or beef, with cheese, tomato and fresh herbs. Finished with sour cream, salsa and jalapeños.
  • Free Range Egg $2
  • Peter Pancake Jnr (V) $10.00
    • Nutella, orange segment, dusted with icing sugar
  • Kumara Rosti $3.00
  • Mother Clucker $18.00
    • Chicken burger - grilled chicken pattie w/ bacon, cheese, salad on a toasted bun with homemade fries & chilli mayo
  • 250g Ramblin Ribeye $35.00
    • Rustled up & chargrilled to your liking with a rustic vegetable salad & baked potato dressed in sour cream & chives
  • Beauty & the Beef $18.00
    • Beef burger - beef pattie topped with cheese, sauteed onions, salad & tomato relish on a toasted bun w/ homemade fries & chilli mayo
  • Soap Gang Soup $12.00
    • Soup of the day riding with rustic homemade brown bread
  • Meat is Murder (V) $19.50
    • Seasonal greens, roast tomato, mushroom, kumara rosti, eggs, crumbed brie, served with housemade bread
  • Pepper Sauce $6.00
  • New Season Asparagus $17.00
    • Soft boiled free range egg, crispy bacon, croutons
  • Saute Calamari $24.00
    • With garlic, parsley & garden salad
  • Risotto $24.00
    • Streaky bacon, mushrooms, Parmesan cheese
  • - Waimata Blue Vein $24.50
    • A creamy and buttery cow's milk blue cheese from this region.
  • Duck & Mushroom Pate $14.00
    • With homemade bread & garden salad
  • Cheese Plate
    • Served with homemade bread & quince paste
  • Chocolate Coffee Delice $15.00
    • Chocolate mousse, coffee cream, cocoa crumble, coffee foam
  • Ora King Salmon $18.00
    • Confit style with goat cheese crumbled, avocado mousse, beetroot coulis
  • Coleslaw
  • Feta Olive & Pesto Pasta Salad
  • Sautéed Seasonal Vegetables
  • (for approximately 50 people or more)
  • Sautéed Seasonal Vegetables
  • Asian Marinated Chicken Drum Sticks
  • Asian Marinated Chicken Drum Sticks
  • Battered Fish Pieces
  • Inari sushi $2.60
    • Small pack / large pack (2 piece / 3 piece)
  • Takoyaki (octopus dumplings) $6.00
  • Smoked salmon & creamed cheese S$7.3/L$10.2
  • Fresh salmon & teriyaki chicken &avocado S$7.3/L$10.2
  • Karaage chicken mayo $3.20
  • Teriyaki salmon $14.50
  • Karaage chicken pack $6.20
    • Available from 10 am,deep fried in a ginger & garlic marinate
  • (5 piece / 8 piece)
  • MURGH MASALA $10.00
    • home style chicken with a thick and tangy gravy
  • SOUTH INDIAN STYLE PEPPER BEEF $10.00
    • pieces of beef masala and crushed peppercorns
  • BOMBAY ALOO $10.00
    • dry stir fried potatoes with coriander and tumeric
  • CHICKEN TIKKA MASALA $10.00
    • tandoor cooked chicken tikka cooked with a tomato and onion gravy with peppers
  • PINDI CHANA MASALA $10.00
    • chickpeas simmered in a North Indian spicy gravy with cinnamon, cloves, and pomegranate seeds
  • MALAI KOFTA KORMA $10.00
    • Indian Style cottage cheese dumplings with nuts cooked with a cashew gravy
  • SOUTH INDIAN STYLE MADRAS CHICKEN $10.00
    • morsels of tandoor cooked chicken simmered in a creamy tomato sauce
  • CHICKEN KORMA $10.00
    • mild flavored from the royal houses of India with a cashew and almonds gravy
  • -Pork belly burger & eggs
  • -Battered pacific oysters, fries & salad
  • -Garlic Prawn Kebabs, salad & fries
  • Crumbed Calamari, salad & fries
  • -Seafood Chowder & warm bun
  • -Prawn Twisters, fries, aioli / sweet chili sauce
  • -Gourmet fish stack & fries
  • -BLT- Bacon, lettuce & tomato, served with fries
  • Cinnamon dusted doughnuts with chocolate and berry jam syringe $14.00
  • Fresh fish baked with maple smoked salmon herb crust, warm potato and rocket salad, grilled asparagus and citrus hollandise $32.50
  • Scotch fillet served on potato gratin with beetroot and horscradish puree, gruyere stuffed mushrooms, bacon wrapped asparagus and ox tail juss $34.50
  • Bowl of mussels cooked in spiced paprika tomato and coconut cream S $16.00 L $24.50
  • Baked buffalo mozzarella and polenta stack with balsamic infused roasted tomato with basil dizzle $16.00
  • Bowl of fries served with tomato sauce and roasted garlic aioli $8.50
  • SIDEDuck liver pate and red onion jam with toasted focaccia $14.00
  • Seared tuna with sesame crust, avocado mousse and balsamic strawberries $17.00
  • Wharf Platter - Selection of Cheeses, Seafood, Pickles, Meats, Crackers, Bread $35.0 for two, $60.0 for four
  • Roasted Baby Beetroot & Pumpkin Salad - Cherry Tomatoes, Pumpkin Seeds, Feta, Olive Oil Dressing $18.5
  • Scotch Fillet of Beef - Fries & Salad $30.0 (add 2 eggs or mushroom sauce for $3.0)
  • Fries $5.0
  • Caesar Salad - Cos Lettuce, Anchovies, Bacon, Croutons, Egg $16.0 (with chicken or prawns add $3.0 )
  • Green Salad $7.0
  • Eggs Benedict - Bacon , Spinach, Toasted Croissant, Hollandaise Sauce $18.5
  • Fish of the day $30.0
  • Mousse $9.00
    • White and chocolate black forest mousse served with ice-cream. Cheese cake 9.00
  • Roast Pork Belly $32.00
    • Pork belly served with roast fennel and apple, complimented with scallops and polenta chips and red wine jus.
  • Caesar salad $18.50
    • Choose from chicken or prawn. Green salad served with croutons and anchovy topped with parmesan cheese and White house made Caesar dressing.
  • Chicken Pate $12.00
    • White house made chicken pate served with garlic or plain bread with cranberry and mango sauce.
  • Wontons (6pcs / 9pcs) $10.00 / $12.00
    • Duck wontons served with hoisin sauce (9pcs) 12.00
  • Trio of dips $5.00
    • Sundried tomato, pesto and black olives. Select from above breads to compliment with dip.
  • Fisherman basket $14.00
    • A mix of five battered seafood items served with chips.
  • Smoked Roast Lamb $30.00
    • Roast lamb served with pea puree, baby carrots and baby beetroot with a mint jus.
  • Fresh Garden Salad $8.00
  • Hawaiian Free Range Chicken $14.00
    • with bacon, cheese & pineapple
  • Roast Vege Delight $16.50
    • Pizza sauce, roasted veges, capsicum, feta, olives, basil pesto & mozzarella
  • Prawn Delight $15.00
    • Pizza sauce, prawns, spinach, feta, capsicum, olives & mozzarella
  • Bacon & Egg $12.00
  • Squid Lemon Pepper $5.00
  • Served on an artisan bap with homemade condiments & free range eggs N/A
  • Hawaiian $12.00
    • Pizza sauce, ham, pineapple & mozzarella
  • BREAD PLATTER $30.00
    • Fresh & toasted bread, cheese, grapes, hummus, relish, aioli, olive dukkah, gherkins, olive oil & balsamic
  • LAKSA PRAWNS $15.00
    • Tiger Prawns in laksa sauce with udon noodles
  • BREAD & DIPS $8.00
    • Hummus & aioli
  • SHRIMP CROQUETTES $13.00
    • Shrimp & potato croquettes served with curry mayo
  • VEGETABLE PASTA $20 / $30
    • Olive oil penne pasta with roasted beetroot, onions, wilted greens & feta cheese
  • TWO FOR ONE TAPAS ON FRIDAY & SATURDAY (excluding oysters)
  • MAC & CHEESE BALLS $14.00
    • Macaroni & cheese balls deep fried & served with paprika aioli
  • SAGO PUDDING(GLUTEN FREE & VEGAN ) $13.00
    • Sago flavoured with coconut cream & berries served with mango sorbet
  • Wedges $9.0
  • Vegetarian Grill $21.0
    • Toasted focaccia, creamy mushrooms, grilled tomato, hash browns, flamed spinach & onions, haloumi w/ eggs your way
  • Blue Cheese Mash $8.5
  • Bacon Wrapped Scallops $33.5
    • Served upon a smoked salmon salad topped w/ a shrimp, tomato & caper salsa finished w/ zingy margarita dressing
  • (best shared with a friend)
  • Eggs Bennedect $20.5
    • A choice of bacon or house smoked salmon served upon a baked croissant w/ flamed spinach, poached eggs & hollandaise sauce
  • Chicken Breast $30.5
    • Oven baked then finished in a garlic, chardonnay & parmesan cream sauce served on a bed of Confit potatoes, mushroom flats, baby spinach & cherry tomatoes
  • Bacon $6.0
  • Gourmet Panini $12.00
    • with smoked chicken, salami, ham
  • Taste of Spring $12.00
    • polenta with roasted vegetables and haloumi
  • Smoked Salmon Bagel $14.00
    • with salad
  • Open Sandwiches $10.50
    • with chicken / ham / salami
  • Frittata $5.00
    • with cheese, herbs, spinach, courgettes & caramelized onions
  • Steak Sandwich $14.00
  • Frittata $9.50
    • with salad
  • Chicken Salad $12.00
The Rivers Restaurant and Bar

The Rivers Restaurant and Bar

location

Address

1 Gladstone Road, Gisborne, Gisborne, Gisborne, 4010, New Zealand

phone

Phone

08633733

clock

Opened hours

Monday: 11:00 AM – 9:30 PM, Tuesday: 11:00 AM – 9:30 PM, Wednesday: 11:00 AM – 9:30 PM, Thursday: 11:00 AM – 9:30 PM, Friday: 11:00 AM – 9:30 PM, Saturday: 11:00 AM – 9:30 PM, Sunday: 11:00 AM – 9:30 PM
price range

Price

$10 - $20

type

Type

None

service level

Service

Table Service

cuisine

Cuisine

Bar , British , European , Gluten Free , Irish , New Zealand , Pub Food , Vegetarian

features

Features

Wheelchair accessible ,  Reservations ,  After-hours ,  Breakfast ,  Waitstaff ,  Cheap Eats ,  Television ,  Groups ,  Quick Bites ,  Lunch ,  Bar Scene ,  Seating ,  Highchairs Available ,  Local cuisine ,  Special Occasion Dining ,  Serves Alcohol ,  Dinner ,  Child-friendly ,  Full Bar

Location
1 Gladstone Road, Gisborne, Gisborne, Gisborne, 4010, New Zealand